Compare and contrast how Duffy and Lochhead explore aspects of the natural world in two of the poems you have studied. ‘The Dolphins’ by Carol Ann Duffy and ‘The Beekeeper’ by Liz Lochhead both explore aspects of the natural world very skilfully in their poetry. Their focus is largely similar where it is ‘the man’ in Duffy’s poem and ‘The Beekeeper’ in Lochhead’s who have ultimate control over the animals. However, they express their views in a very different manner, where both work equally well to explore the theme. It is important to examine the title of each poem in order to help appreciate how the poet will portray the theme.
Leeza often shows good sides to her that make Reef want to be a better person. Leeza shows how she is open with her feelings witch makes Reef also do the same as appose to his regular self which consists of him living in a shell and not expressing himself. An example of Reef showing his feelings is when on page two-hundred sixty-three the author says “Reef did not look up. He did the only thing he could do. He wept.” This shows how Leeza made Reef open up his emotions during the scene at the rehabilitation center.
The D’Angelos need to forgive the boys for drilling holes in the kayak, essentially killing Ben, because JT and Digger received a punishment. By forgiving the boys, the D’Angelos allow all of them the opportunity to move on from the incident. Next, forgiveness is a main theme because Brady needs to forgive JT and Digger. Brady is very upset that his friends go behind his back and use his idea to sabotage the kayak. Digger makes him feel like its partly his fault because he gave them the idea of drilling the holes in the kayak.
T.S. Eliot portrays Prufrock’s alienation and depression by using metaphors. The use of metaphors enhances the readers’ thoughts about Prufrock’s character. The reader begins to understand Prufrock as sad and lonely. In the poem Eliot writes, “I should have been a pair of ragged claws scuttling across the floors of silent seas.” This metaphor is a depiction of Prufrock and how he wished he was a crab who lived on the bottom of the ocean.
Are Lobsters Pain-Free? “Is it all right to boil a sentient creature alive just for our gustatory pleasure?” David Foster Wallace, author of “Consider the Lobster” asks this question throughout his article. He explains how lobsters are considered as low class food because of its living conditions. Thus, most people do not consider the lobsters or simply do not care about them. He explains that killing a lobster for our own pleasure is not right; it is unethical.
In The Simple Gift Billy tries to forms a self defence towards Caitlin when he first sees her by rejecting her. “My first thought was to hate her because of her shiny watch and her perfect skin”P38.Billy is aware of Caitlin because she seems to be so different from him and he felt he would be judged by her. “and I knew she’d call the manager” P38 In Strange Chameleon the protagonist has a very low self esteem because he does not fit in. He feels that he doesn’t deserve his lover because of this. “Swimming in a dirty river with dirty me you were very beautiful.” Nakayama uses repetition to make the audience focus on thought that he sees him self as “dirty” and how he doesn’t deserve her.
The underlying reasons a character carries out an action are often hidden deep in the words of the poem. The speaker in Elizabeth Bishop's “The Fish” ultimately releases the fish due to her newfound respect towards him. This newfound respect is highlighted by the use of diction and descriptive detail. The use of diction is a key element to reveal the speaker's respect for the fish. The us of the word “tremendous” not only allows the speaker to show the size of the fish, but also help the reader grasp the effect the fish has on the speaker.
The figures are all vertical with their arms raised holding the spear that comes in at a slight angle drawing attention to Polyphemus’s eye. Polyphemus dominates the space because he is the subject of the story, his face has a look of surprise on it because he is about to loose his eye, and Odysseus and his men are smiling because they have found a way out of this mess that they are in. There is a small amount of negative space around the figures and this seems to be intentional because the rest of the pottery is covered in geometric patterns. This negative space allows our eyes to rest and brings our attention back to the figures in the
“Is it all right to boil a sentient creature alive just for our gustatory pleasure?” (Wallace 4) This is a query posed by David Foster Wallace, an author of the renowned article ‘Considering the Lobster’ that was published by Gourmet Magazine. Wallace not only poses the question about the ethics of boiling a live animal but also points out the ethical issues to human beings who do not feel guilty when eating lobster and believe it is an inferior being. Furthermore, he conveys his own culinary experience about animals’ consciousness. He leads a debate whether lobsters can feel pain or not or whether or not they have same pain as people have. He uses vivid imagery, interesting facts and variety of ability to appeal
He brings up why the lobster was looked down on in the past because of it being a scavenger of the sea. There are lots of facts the author throws out at the audience that an everyday person might not know. This is how he keeps the reader interested. He also discusses why New England is so popular when it comes to lobsters